Etymology

positivity

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Today it means: The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism; optimism. Full definition →

English positive ← Old French positif ← Latin positivus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  4. Proto-Italic*po
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  9. Proto-Italic*sinō
  10. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  11. Latinpōnō
  12. Latinīvus
  13. Latinpositivus
  14. Old Frenchpositif
  15. Englishpositive
  16. English todaypositivity

From positive + -ity.

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